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KUNG FU CHEFS
June 29th, 2010 by Planet Chocko
The Kung Fu Chef’s screening at the New York Asian film festival in Walter Reade Theatre on June 26th turned out to be quite a pleasant surprise! This film was quite wacky,quacky,quirky, & a complete train wreck filled with action! I loved it! I left the theatre quenching for more…cabbage in clear broth…um..I mean kung […]
Tags: bruce leung, chef ken, kung fu chefs, louis fan siu wong, new york asian film festival, sammo hung
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SAMMO HUNG GUM BO,SIMON YAM, & HUANG BO at Star Asia Awards-NYAFF 2010
June 28th, 2010 by Planet Chocko
This Planet Chocko martian had a privilege to attend the smattering of asteroids & awards being handed out to honor Hong Kong cinema legends Sammo Hung Kum Bo, Simon Yam, & to recognize a new/upcoming actor Huang Bo at the Star Asia Awards Ceremony on June 25th in conjuction with the New York Asian Film […]
Tags: angela mao ying, hong kong cinema, huang bo, ip man, lifetime achievement award, lincoln center, new york asian film festival, nyaff, sammo hung, simon yam, star asia award, subway cinema, walter reade theater
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BIG APPLE BBQ Block party 2010 at MADISON SQUARE PARK in NYC!
June 14th, 2010 by Planet Chocko
The 8th annual Big Apple BBQ block party in NYC was a swine of a success this past weekend! BBQ lovers of all breeds & nations conjured up at Madison Square Park’s perimeter to sample a tasting of some of the best slow smoked whole hog, brisket, sausages, & ribs from pitmasters all across the […]
Tags: 17th st bar grill, 8th annual bbq, big apple bbq, drew robinson, ed mitchell, jim n nicks, jimnnicks, jimnnicks bbq, madison square park, martins bbq, mike mills, moonlite bbq, patrick martin, the pit
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NORAH JONES AT CELEBRATE BROOKLYN in PROSPECT PARK Bandshell
June 10th, 2010 by Planet Chocko
Norah Jones blessed the 2010 season of Celebrate Brooklyn at Prospect Park by kicking off the free concert series on June 9th,2010! It was a gloomy,dreary,rainy,& depressing day, but once Norah surfaced on the stage, her vocals & soulful fingers on the keyboard made me drift away to another planet! A dry & sunny Planet […]
Tags: alabama, bandshell, barstool blues, brooklyn, celebrate brooklyn, dauphin island, mobile, norah jones, prospect park, so brown
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THE 16th MAN!
May 7th, 2010 by Planet Chocko
ESPN’s 30 for 30 documentary series is one of the best sports programming on TV since the YES network(NY Yankees Channel). This week was no different with the film, “The 16th Man” directed by Clifford Bestall & narrated by the one and only, Morgan Freeman! South Africa has been laced with the framework of apartheid […]
Tags: 1995 world cup, 30 in 30, apartheid, clifford bestall, documentary, espn, morgan freeman, nelson mandela, rugby, the 16th man
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LAU KAR LEUNG
May 3rd, 2010 by Planet Chocko
Congratulations to Lau Kar Leung for winning the Lifetime achievement Award on April 18th, 2010 in the 29th annual Hong Kong film awards! Sifu Lau is a renowned lineage holder of his art of mastery called “Hung Kuen” family Tiger-Crane style of Kung Fu! Some of us know Lau Kar Leung from his work in […]
Tags: 36th chamber of shaolin, 8 diagram pole figher, drunken master 2, drunken monkey, hong kong film award 2010, hong kong movie review, lam sai wing, lau kar leung, lifetime achievement award, liu char leung, liu chia liang, pedicab driver, wong fei hong
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IP MAN
April 27th, 2010 by Planet Chocko
“Ip Man” won the film of the year award in Hong Kong in 2009! This movie is a biographical tale of the man himself who started the craze of kung fu fighting in southern China! Ip Man is one of the most famous practictioners of the martial art style of “Wing Chun”. Bruce Lee was […]
Tags: bruce lee, chi sao, donnie yen, hong kong film of the year 2010, ip man, kung fu, simon yam, ving tsun, wing chun, yip man
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INGRID MICHAELSON at the STATEN ISLAND MUSIC HALL
March 8th, 2010 by Planet Chocko
The pride of Staten Island’s own, Ingrid Michaelson came snuggling into Snug Harbor with her crystal clear pop vocals to perform at the Music Hall to raise money for the Staten Island Museum. This benefit concert is very close to Ingrid’s heart as her mother is the director of the Museum. You could tell the […]
Tags: allie moss, chris kufner, dan romer, elliot jacobsen, everybody, far away, indie pop, ingrid michaelson, new york, pop, staten island music hall, staten island musuem, the way i am
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YEAR OF THE TIGER in NYC!
March 2nd, 2010 by Planet Chocko
–A celebration in Chinatown, Manhattan! Pics by Mr. C
Tags: 2010, chinatown, chinatown parade, chinese new year, lion dancing, mott street, new york city, year of the tiger
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100 WAYS TO MURDER YOUR WIFE
March 1st, 2010 by Planet Chocko
I was rifling through my movie collection in hopes to trim some fat on storage space & up pops a VHS copy of this 1986 movie called “100 Ways to Murder your wife” starring Chow Yun Fat, the late Anita Mui, Joey Wong, & Kenny Bee. I quickly reheated some plump & juicy wonton noodle […]
Tags: 100 ways to murder your wife, 1986, anita mui, chow yun fat, golden harvest, joey wong, kenny bee, wong jing
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FOODPRINTS NYC
February 28th, 2010 by Planet Chocko
Planet Chocko attended an interesting panel discussion at Studio X on Varick St. just below Houston called “Foodprints NYC” which is a free series of conversations with invited special guests to speak on food in our city regarding topics like clustering of bodegas, analysis of fast food & alcohol advertising in the inner city, slow […]
Tags: david haskell, foodprints, foodprints nyc, Jonathan Bogarin, kings county distillery, makale faber cullen, Naa Oyo A. Kwate, studio x
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LUCY KAPLANSKY & RICHARD SHINDELL
February 22nd, 2010 by Planet Chocko
Lucy Kaplansky and Richard Shindell, two-thirds of the former super folk group, Cry Cry Cry, came eclipsing along into the historic Paramount theatre in Peekskill, NY on February 20th, 2010 with a paralyzing performance! Kaplansky & Shindell were like 2 veteran boxers much like Larry Holmes with his traffic stopping stinging jab & George Foreman […]
Tags: cry cry cry, folk, life threads, lucy kaplansky, new york, paramount theatere, peekskill, richard shindell
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